Machine for interweaving curled horsehair fabric.



A. R. BILLINGTON. MACHINE FOR INTERWEAVING OURLBD HORSEHAIR FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED MAR 13, 1908.

916,096. j A Patented Mams, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

2J rrrrrrrr Y* g A. R. BILLINGTONL MACHINE FOR INTERWEAVING OURLED HORSBHAIR FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED MA-H 13, 1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

y /nm l v 2 awww? T Jl-u Agni; 3 m mw nl w atbozwu "ARTHUR n. BILLINGTON, or? cHIcAGo,- ILL1NoIs MACHINE Fon mfrnnwnAvrNG cURLED HQRSEHAIR FABRIC.

lT` all 'whom' it concern:

`Be it'known that l, ARTHUR R. BILLING- TON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at 2120 South Fortieth avenue, Chicago, in .r the county of Cook -and the State oflllinois,

have invented a new and useful Machine for 'lnterweaving Curled Horsehair Fabric of Any 14Desired Length, Thickness, .or Firmness, of which the following is a specification.'

y My inventionrelates to improvements in k machines for weaving curled ha-ir and the object of chine of tinous sheets of fabric maybe rapidly and v l5 quickly manufactured.

' Al further object of my invention is to provide a machine for 4weaving curled'hair into j which may be adjusted-to form fabric'.l

` fabric of the desired thickness.'

A further object 'of my invention is to provide an'improved needlefor a machine of the character vunder consideration.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these Object-S in' view vmy invention consists generally in a weaving machinecornprismg two tion with athroat plate arranged between the pairs. of rollers, reciprocating need es rarranged, to cooperate with said throatplate, and` suitable means :for actuating said needles and `vthe feed rollers. j

, My invention further consists in means for adjusting the throat 4late .to accommodate bats of different thielnesses. and in means for adjusting the feed of each pair of rollers independently of each other in order to stretch or crowd the bat on the throatplate to vvary the thickness and Weight of the finished fabric. 1

My invention further consists invarious details of construction-and arrangements of parts all as will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out inl the claims.

My invention will -be more readilyunderstoodbyfreference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in whichj Figure 1 is a front elevation of a weaving machine embodying my invention initsfpreferred form, Fig. 2 is an end. elevation therej of, Fig. 3' isadetail perspective view. illusj trating the irst step in theoperation of the needle, Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the needle raising after havin 'made a loop 55.in the' weave, Fig.v y5 is a'sim' r view illustrating the bat moved forwardfon the Avtehroat speeinatiqn of Letters Patent. l 1 Application med March 13,1908. serial 1ra-420,945.

my invention is to provide a Inathe class' mentioned wherebycon'-l `to or Vslig tly plates 6. and `connected by the boltsl 11.

provided with vertical slots 12 to receive thel operation. j

Patented March 23, 1909.

plate and in position for the next downward stroke of the needle, Fig. 6 is a detail section illustrating the manner in which the throat .plate is adjustably secured to the base, andv Fig. v7y is a detail elevation of the end of the f Referring to the drawings 1 indicates the bed vframe of the machine supportedA upon the legs-or'members The members 2 at each end of the .machine are transverse members Shin which is mounted the main shaft 4 driven by a pulley, v5 or other suitable drive mechanism.

Mounted on the bed 1 is a base 6 upon which thefthroat plate 7 is adjustably 4secured. The base 1 extendin longitudinally for a distance equal greaterthan the width of the widest fabric to be manufactured thereon, that is it extends. substantially the length of the machine. sive in length with the base 6 and comprises a horizontally disposed plate 8 and a de ending flange" on plate 9 which ,is preferab y arranged midway of the width of the portion.` pair lof feed rollers in combina- `T he adjacent or-'overlapj'iing edges of the 9 are rabbeted as at 10 and are The plate 9 is olts 411 and permit vert-ical adjustment of j the throat' plate.

Arranged in front ofthe throat plate is a pair of feed rollers 13 arranged one above the other and parallel with said plate. The-horizontal portion 8 'of the plate is arranged on a plane with the s ace between the rollers 13 so vthat the bat Wil be fed by the rollers onto said plate." rranged behind said plate are a palr of similar rollers 14 whichl feed theV completed fabric from the plate and hold the bat at the desired tension during the weaving connectedv by 'rrangedabove theplatV-e 8 is ahorizontall needle beam 15y in which are secured a plural-'ity of parallel depending needles 16. Suitabl e means are provided for reciprocating' the needle bar and needles vertically, and the plate 8 is provided `with perforations ,o r thro ats 17 corresponding in number and position to the needles to receive the same onthe downward stroke. lixed v'to cross-beams 18 which are secured to vertical reciprocatory rods '19 which are in turn slidably mounted in vertically disposed bearings 20 formed on the bed 1. The ower The needle beam 15 is,

end of the rods 19 at each end of the machine which 27'and 28 and their respective rollers or the :A gages the fabric and makes .the loop as will be l A. The needles are then retractedand 'asthe 13. stops 31 and 32 on their respective rods the are connected by cross heads 2'1 which are4 connected by eccentric rods 22 to eccentrics l K y23 on-the shaft 4. *I i vThe rollers 13.and' 14 are mounted in bear v5 ings in brackets 24 secured\to the 'frame of l I `the machine.

brackets are secured tothe base 6 throat plate. The rollers 13 and 14 are corrugated and are provided with intermeshingd 10 gears 25 and -26 respectively, that is, the gears 25 on the rollers y1,3 interi-mesh and the .gears 26 on the rollers 14intermesh. Loosely mounted on the shafts of the upper rollers 13 land 14are arms 4.27#28 to the outer ends of are connected vertically disposed rods, 29 and 30 which extend through the beams 418 andare providedat their upper ends with adjustable members 31 and 32. A ratchet connection 33is provided between-the arms gears thereon. As the beamsrise they engave the stops 31 and 32 thereby rotating the ollers and as the members 31a and 32 are adjustable it is obvious that the feed of the 25 rollers may be adjusted and that independ- As shown in the drawings, the of the l scribed.

ently of veach other. t

Each needle is provided with a long, smooth Spoint- 34 above which it is notched as at 35 forming a ,point or hook 36 which enV described hereinafter.

. The-o eration of the device is vas follows: s the sllaft 4 rotates the needles are vertically reciproeated and the rollers-are inter- 35 mittentlyrotated to Vfeed the bat across the Athroat, plate. As the needles pass vdownwardly through the vbat the hook 36 engages a number of the hairs in the hat and pushes them throughthe throat 17 forming a loop vbeam engages the stop 32 the rolls 14 draw .thebat forwardly a sufficient distance to withdraw the loop A from the throat leaving the same in the position shown. in Fig. 5, 45 'Wherein'the loop surrounds the throat, thev resiliency of the material holding the loop` on proper position. Further upward movel ment of the beam 18 causes the same to en'- y gagethe stop 31 andpartially rotate therollers It' is obvious that by adjusting the j feed of thebat through the machine may be nicely regulated. As fthe needles avain -descend they'engao'eother hairs inthenbat and force another laoopthrough" the preceding loop Alying on the throat plate and the V hroat as shown in Fig. 4 and the process is continued indefinitely.. It Ashould be noted l that, the point 34 of 'the needle enters the loo before thehook 36 'and holds the pre- 'ce ng loop in position while the new loop is being forced therethrough. lt should be noted that the needle is entirely free from the bat when the latter is being fed through 4the machine which relieves .the needles of all lateral strain.v .The arms 27 and 28, together with the rods and sto s connected thereto are returned to norma position by gravity and their downward movement is limited by stops 37. f

Having described my claimnas' new-and Patent isz.

1. ln a device of theclass described, a plurality of arallelreciprocatory needles and a throat p ate having corresponding perforations in alinement with said needles in combination with a pair of rollers for feeding a bat onto said plate and a similar pair of independently operated rolls for drawing the bat across the plate, substantially as deinvcntion what I desire to secure by Letters 2. In a device of the class described, a plurality of parallel reciprocatory needles and a throat plate havinor a like number of perforau n b u n n tions lndallnement with said needles, 1n combinationwith a palr of rollers for feeding a bat yonto said plate, a similar pair of rollers for drawing the bat across the plate and means operable by the reciprocation of said needles for actuating said pairs of rollers i11- termit-tently and independently ofeach other, substantially as described. r

3. In a device of the class described, a plurality of parallel reciprocatory'needles and a throat plate havin a correspondin number of perforations ina inement with sai in combination with a )air feedinga bat onto said p ate, a similar pair 4of rollers for drawing the bat across the plate, means operable by. the reciprocation of said needles, of rollers for.

needles for actuating -said pairs of rollers,

and adjustable means for" timing the move-- mentof said rollers and regulating the amount of movement thereof, substantially. as described.

4. In' a device of the class described,l a plurality of parallel reciprocatory needles 1n comination-with means for intermittently feeding a bat across the ath of saidfneedles, said needles being entire y lremoved from the bat uring the movement of said bat, each of fsaid needles being formed'with van elongated oint anda hook above said point to form a @or thev preceding loo prior to t 1e insertion of the next loop, lsu, stantially as described.

C', ARTHUl R. BILLINGTON.

Witnesses:

WALTER V. AIKMAN, EDWARD A. DUNKEL.

and'said point beingl ada ted toengage 

